couloir

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Gyselinck knows Eight Mile Road well and has climbed in these mountains for over 20 years, including a successful March 2016 ascent of Colchuck Peak via the northeast couloir.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2023

After about 1,500 vertical feet, the couloir narrowed and made a sharp bend.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2023

That can mean trekking all day to make but one run down an isolated couloir or a bowl.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2023

According to SummitPost, an online climbing index and forum, the couloir is 1,200 vertical feet.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 22, 2023

Though its base was a good mile distant across the snow-smoothed surface of the ice, she could discern every crevice and ledge and steep couloir.

From The Silent Barrier by Tracy, Louis